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abjurored adj. Slowed by drink to withdrawing from one step only after attempting the next. Marybel was abjurored, retreating from each stair with the solemnity of a failed expedition. abkared (/ˈɑb.kɑɹd/) adj. Drunk and selling imaginary wine to people waiting for the real one. Jme was abkared, taking orders for wine while standing nowhere near the bar. abkareed adj. Drunk enough to conduct a one-person trade in drinks, with stock, customers, and till imaginary. Cormari was abkareed, issuing receipts for pints to guests who had not ordered them. abkaried (/ɑbˈkɑɹ.id/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the person serving the drinks from the person needing them. Brynnan was abkaried, asking the barman whether he would like another pint. abkarried adj. Drunk beyond recognising whether a bottle is merchandise, furniture, or a handrail. Caian was abkarried, leaning on the wine rack and offering it a receipt. ablactationed (/ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃn̩d/) adj. Drunk in a way that separates appetite from judgement, leaving the bottle to raise the child. Marianthi was ablactationed, weaning herself from the glass only to return before the stairs. ablaqed adj. Drunk, with the result that balance alternates between excellent and absent from step to step. Raylah was ablaqed on the staircase, managing one stair brilliantly and the next with architectural darkness. ablaqueationed adj. Drunk to a degree that lays bare the roots of every movement, exposing each wobble to the air. Nykita was ablaqueationed, revealing the shaky foundations of an otherwise ordinary descent. ablastinned (/əˈblæs.tənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of preventing any further progress, as though the evening had been told not to reproduce. Alexondra was ablastinned at the foot of the stairs, unable to generate another useful movement. ablatio placentaed (/æbˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ pləˈsɛnˌtid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and detached from the ordinary attachment between feet and floor. Danique was ablatio placentaed, moving across the landing with her feet no longer properly connected. ablatio retinaed (/æbˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ ˈɹɜt.n̩.id/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and seeing the stairs detach themselves from their proper surroundings. Derral was ablatio retinaed, watching the staircase separate visibly from the wall. ablatioed (/əˈbleɪ.ʃi.oʊd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having removed all reliable control from the body. Jaslin was ablatioed, her balance carried away somewhere between the bar and the landing. ablationed (/əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩d/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and having carried away the distinction between standing, sitting, and falling. Kindrick was ablationed, with the useful categories of upright and horizontal removed. ablative absoluted (/ˈæb.lə.tɪv æb.soʊˈlutd/) adj. Too drunk to connect one clause to another, or one foot to the stair beneath it. Johnese was ablative absoluted, speaking in detached phrases while attempting a grammatically independent descent. ablative cased adj. Sufficiently drunk to move away from the bar, the handrail, and the intended direction simultaneously. Nyteria was ablative cased, travelling from the pub by a route that concerned everyone except her. ablatived (/ˈæb.lə.tɪvd/) adj. Still drunk, and departing from every instruction, surface, and grammatical expectation. Jioni was ablatived, moving away from the handrail while explaining the ablative case to the stairs.